Simba S.C.

Not to be confused with Simba FC or AS Simba.

Simba S.C
Full nameSimba Sports Club
Nickname(s)Reds of Msimbazi
Short nameSSC
Founded1936 (1936)
GroundBenjamin Mkapa Stadium
Capacity60,000
OwnerMember of SSC 51%
Mohamed Dewji 49%
ChairmanMurtaza Mangungu
Head CoachFadlu Davids
LeagueTanzanian Premier League
2024–25Tanzanian Premier League, 2nd of 16
Websitewww.simbasc.co.tz

Simba Sports Club is a professional football club based in Kariakoo ward in Ilala District of Dar es Salaam Region in Tanzania.

It was founded in 1936 as "The Queens" before being renamed to Sunderland and, in 1971, was finally renamed Simba (Swahili for "Lion"). The team's nickname, wekundu wa msimbazi ("the Red lions"), is a reference to their all-red home strip and Msimbazi Street in Kariakoo where their headquarters is based.

Simba SC has won 22 Tanzanian Premier League titles, 5 Tanzania FA Cup and has participated in CAF Champions League multiple times. Simba are two times finalists of CAF Confederation Cup, In the year 2025 and previous CAF cup in 1993 making the club the most successful Tanzanian football club in international competitions.

The club was ranked among the top 20 clubs in Africa, at number 04, by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) in their May 1, 2024 – April 30, 2025 rankings.[1] Globally, the club was ranked at number 105 in the IFFHS World Ranking.[2]

Simba holds a long-standing rivalry with Young Africans S.C. (known as Yanga) with which they contest the Kariakoo derby, named after the ward, where both teams were founded. In 1977 Simba beat Yanga 6-0 a record that stands to date as the biggest loss margin between the sides. The rivalry was ranked 5th as one of the most famous African derbies.[3]

Honours

Domestic

  • Tanzanian Premier League[4]
  • Nyerere Cup[5]
    • Winner (3): 1984, 1995, 2000
  • FAT Cup[5]
    • Winner (4): 1995, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–2021
    • Runners-up (3): 1974, 1998, 2000
  • Dar es Salaam League
    • Winner (2): 1944, 1946
  • Tusker Cup[5]
    • Winner (5): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2005
    • Runners-up (1): 2006
  • Community Shield[5]
    • Winner (10): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
    • Runners-up (3): 2001, 2010, 2021
  • Mapinduzi Cup[6]
    • Winner (3): 2011, 2015, 2022
    • Runners-up (5): 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021

Continental

Colours and badge

  • The present crest

Players

Current squad

As of 11 July 2024[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  TAN Ally Salim Juma
2 DF  CIV Karaboue Chamou
3 DF  TAN David Kameta
14 DF  TAN Abdulrazack Hamza
5 MF  TAN Awesu Ally Awesu
6 MF  COD Fabrice Ngoma (vice-captain)
7 FW  ZAM Joshua Mutale
8 MF  TAN Omary Abdallah Omary
10 MF  CIV Jean Charles Ahoua
11 FW  UGA Steven Mukwala
12 DF  TAN Shomari Kapombe (vice-captain)
13 MF  CMR Lionel Ateba
15 DF  TAN Mohammed Husseini (Captain)
17 MF  CGO Débora Fernandes Mavambo
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  TAN Mzamiru Yassin
20 DF  CMR Che Malone Jr
21 MF  TAN Yusuph Kagoma
22 GK  MAR Ayoub Lakred
23 MF  TAN Salehe Karabaka
24 DF  TAN Kelvin Kijiri
25 MF  NGA Augustine Okejepha
28 GK  TAN Aishi Manula
29 DF  BFA Valentine Nouma
30 GK  TAN Hussein Abel Thomas
36 MF  TAN Ladaki Chasambi
37 FW  TAN Edwin Balua
38 FW  TAN Denis Kibu

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League: 12 appearances

African Cup of Champions Clubs: 9 appearances

CAF Confederation Cup: 6 appearances

Club Ranking

Notes

  1. ^ a b As Sunderland

References

  1. ^ "IFFHS". Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  2. ^ "IFFHS". Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  3. ^ "cheapgoals.com - Cheapgoals Resources and Information". www.cheapgoals.com. 2 March 2020. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Tanzania - List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Tanzania - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Zanzibar - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  7. ^ "CECAFA Club Championship". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  8. ^ "CAF Cup and Confederation Cup". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Tanzania - Simba Sports Club - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  10. ^ "World Club yRankings". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  11. ^ "African Club Rankings". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Tanzanian Clubs Ranking". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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